Repeat doses of Dave's medicine
DAVE Spikey has more reason than most for knowing laughter is the best medicine. He plays Warrington on Saturday. |
Kitson to air new material
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Comedy night at the museum
COMEDY power comes to the unusual venue of the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. |
You wait two years for a Buzz...
A LEGENDARY comedy club could come back to Chorlton for good. |
Chris to rock Apollo again
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Lowry date for new look Gina
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Freddie's Starr of the show
LEGENDARY entertainer, Freddie Starr is to be the latest recipient of a prestigious Variety Club tribute, to celebrate his 50 years in the world of showbiz. |
Jennifer's escape to victory
WHISPER it quietly, as we wouldn't want to tempt fate, but a new TV series being filmed in Greater Manchester could very well turn out to be one of the BBC's surprise hits. |
Variety dead? You're having a laugh
THE man behind pop nostalgia tours is sending vintage acts on the road such as Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket and those two ex-welders from Oldham, Cannon and Ball. |
Opera date for Paddy - and you?
IT was a lucky break from his pal Peter Kay that put Bolton comedian Paddy McGuinness on the road to fame and fortune - now he's hoping to do the same for a new group of showbiz unknowns. |
A-ha! Look who's coming back
MANCHESTER comedy star Steve Coogan |
Five up for Mighty Boosh
THE Mighty Boosh are sitting outside a cafe, dissecting the day's news. The offbeat duo will now play five shows here in 2008. |
Now booking! Comedy
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M.E.N. Student Guide: Theatre and comedy
WHEN it comes to theatre, Manchester has its own holy trinity of venues then consistently lay on the most commercial or critically-acclaimed shows or both. |
Justin Moorhouse's column
STAND-UP, DJ and star of Phoenix Nights, Justin Moorhouse has a weekly column in the M.E.N's what's on guide, CityLife. Catch up with his latest instalment, here. |
Are you Reviewer of the Month?
WOULD you like to eulogise or vent your spleen about a recent music gig, comedy set or theatre show you have recently witnessed? Then enter M.E.N. Online's Reviewer of the Month competition. |
Jenny Eclair @ The Lowry
AT the top of her Because I Forgot to Get a Pension show, Eclair notes that it's less that she forgot to get a pension more that she didn't expect to live this long, but Eclair is certainly showing no signs of slowing down. |
Sandra Bernhard @ Opera House
QUEER Up North kicked off on Friday having enticed American comedian Sandra Bernhard over for just one UK date. |
Dara O Briain @ The Lowry
MOCK The Week’s quizmaster, Dara O Briain, is rapidly earning himself a reputation as the sharpest comic on the circuit. |
Nina Conti @ The Lowry
IT’S hard to imagine what it would be like to share a tour bus with an irascible monkey. |
Dave Spikey @ Opera House
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Omid Djalili @ The Lowry
IT was only a couple of years ago when Omid Djalili played the Opera House to a perfectly formed but small and disparate group of people. |
Mrs Barbara Nice @ The Lowry
IT is Mrs Barbara Nice's complete lack of respect for the theatre set up that makes her most engaging, with her frequently hollering at the balconies. |
Lucy Porter @ The Lowry
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Dave Spikey @ The Lowry
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French & Saunders @ Palace Theatre
IT’S just short of three decades since Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders emerged from the testosterone heaving comedy club above a strip joint in Soho. |
Chris Rock @ Apollo
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Mark Steel, Mark Thomas, Jason Manford @ Comedy Store
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Russell Brand @ Apollo
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Frank Skinner @ The Lowry
IT’S been 10 years since Frank Skinner last toured. After being ensconced in the cosy confines of the TV studio getting up to do live comedy again was always going to be a daunting prospect. |
Bill Bailey @ M.E.N. Arena
BILL Bailey was a little perturbed about embarking on his arena tour; transferring from the large scale theatres to the all out arena experience was always going to be butterfly inducing. |
John Cooper Clarke @ The Comedy Store
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Ross Noble @ Opera House
SONIC Waffle, Noodlemeister, Randomist, Fizzy Logic. It's easy to see why Cramlington-born mirth master Ross Noble astutely tags his tours with purposely vague titles. |
John Shuttleworth @ Dancehouse Theatre
IN hypothetical conversation Graham Fellows has pondered the possibility of putting his organ playing, ex-security guard creation John Shuttleworth into permanent retirement. |
Lucy Porter @ The Lowry
IT'S plain to see that Lucy Porter is becoming increasingly comfortable in the giant carrot costume she graces the stage in at the beginning of the show. |
